Thank you for pointing this out, Midwest Ed. Driving to Minnesota wasn't an option I had seriously considered before, but it is certainly worth considering. We will have some relatively inexperienced hikers in our group of six. At first, we were just going to go as far as Daisy Farm, stay three ...

Thank you for your response. I won't get excited about the possibility of half-off then and will just keep saving my pennies!

Thanks for posting this. I was wondering how many people do a round trip hiking from Rock Harbor to Windigo and back. There seems to be a lot of one-way travel, but I just looked at what taking the ferry back to Rock Harbor would cost for our group, and it would be steep! We are more flexible with ...

Is this special rate something they typically do every year? And if so, does the return trip also have to be within the specified window? Does the island end up being more crowded during this time?